Working for yourself has it’s perks, like taking time to do other things (like relax) on any random day. That being said, we often forget to do it and just work all the time. Having family visit from out of town made us slow down a bit and take a break to do some fun […]

Jay’s favorite thing to do it to make lists. Lists and lists and lists. Taking to-do items off your mind helps relieve the stress of getting things done. Whether its for eBay, a house renovation or our video production, Jay has got lists. How do you handle your to-do lists? Join the conversation in the […]

It was a busy week on eBay, our video job and at the house renovation. Sometimes feels like juggling, but it’s all stress we’ve invited into our lives and we love it. Hope your week was great too! Join the conversation in the forum>> Our Store Week July 16-22, 2017 Store #1 Total Items in […]

This week was probably the busiest week we’ve had all year. It was our helper’s last 20 hour week, so the ebay push was on. Our renovation is down to the last many, tiny details. We started a big freelance video project for a new client. Lots of plates spinning. We were also planning on […]

As we’ve mentioned before, we’ve been spending all of our money on the new renovation which is about to be finished. We got an email this week that sparked the conversation about spending money and how it is, and should be, painful. What do you think? Hope you’re having a great week so far! Join […]

We decided to take a mini “vacation” and rent a hotel room in the next big city over from us for a couple nights. We got a deal online, needed to do some stuff in town, so why not? Of course we still recorded the podcast! Just another reminder, if [email protected] is sending your forum […]

This week saw us seriously scavenging high end furniture on Craigslist for our new rental. It took a lot of driving, but we think it’s worth it. Also, check your spam folders for forum messages. Gmail seems to think that [email protected] is a spammer, oh no! We’re working to fix that. Paypal will soon allow […]

A couple weeks ago, we were talking about our backup plan to eBay. But many commenters on the forum were discussing that eBay IS their backup plan to their current job, which makes a lot of sense since so many eBay sellers sell part time on top of their W-2 jobs and families. I guess […]

Every so often, we record conversations with other sellers. You can find them all here. How do we pick who we speak with? It’s always sellers who are scavenging and selling a little differently than we are or living a different lifestyle. It’s fun for us to learn new things or just help celebrate how […]

With a mild level of panic among sellers because eBay is removing items older than one year, we have to ask ourselves: what’s our back up plan is eBay was no longer feasible for us?  In the early days of selling, we had didn’t have much at all, nevermind a backup plan. Just piles of […]